Sentence examples for doublespeak of from inspiring English sources

But this is doublespeak of the most heinous kind.

In the doublespeak of its time, it was named the Bridge of Freedom.

The Orwellian doublespeak of Wall Street — nicely described by Dennis Kelleher of Better Markets — has taken a beating.

Just under 1,500 will be sold privately: the rest will be "affordable", which in the doublespeak of housing means unaffordable.

And in the classic doublespeak of military juntas, he loudly condemned the opposition for dealing with foreign powers, while he was actively seeking the help of Western diplomats as well as the Persian Gulf sheikdoms that largely financed his coup.

But in the common doublespeak of war, the president claimed: "This is not an invasion of Cambodia … once enemy forces are driven out of these sanctuaries and once their military supplies are destroyed, we will withdraw".

Although the government never adopted a policy of extirpation, the settlers' agenda was implicitly genocidal, spawning the sort of doublespeak typical of such systems: the Gunai were not "murdered", they were "dispersed" or "chastised".

His opponents in Romania's government, by contrast, approach the subject with a level of doublespeak worthy of the communist era".We will continue and accelerate the fight against corruption," promised the new justice minister, Tudor Chiuariu, when he took office a month ago.

Of course, you'd have to be a goddamn PhD of doublespeak to make any sense of it, but who isn't these days?

Not only was it the only credit card accepted at venues, signs on every cash register read, "We are proud to accept only Visa," a slogan of doublespeak so hideous its originator deserves a back of the hand from Don Draper.

If Democrats cannot imagine a November where 45% of the country equates Barack Obama with doublespeak instead of hope, with politics-as-usual instead of change--then they better try much harder.